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 Who is the Father of Microbiology?



Leeuwenhoek — saw “animalcules.”



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Who proved microbes cause fermentation?



Louis Pasteur.



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Who created Koch’s postulates?



Robert Koch.



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Who created binomial nomenclature?



Linnaeus.



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Who created the 3 domains?



Woese & Fox (rRNA).



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What is miasma theory?



Disease caused by “bad air.”



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What is a strain?



Genetic variant within a species

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What is binomial nomenclature?



Genus + species naming system.



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What is pasteurization?



 Heating to kill microbes.



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What are the 3 domains?



Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya.



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What are acellular microbes?



Viruses and prions.

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What do fungi have in their cell walls?



Chitin.



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What shape is a coccus?



Sphere.